Improved soap-cup for wash-stands



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MEAD, `OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED SOAP-CUP FOR WASH-STANDS, 80C.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,321, dated May 20, 1862.

' tion of the same, reference beingv had to the accompanying drawings, which make a part i of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the application and use of a series of recesses and projections in the manufacturing of the bottoms of dishes, so that when soap is laid thereon within the dish it willbe elevated out of and protected from any liquid or fluid that may detract therefrom;

To enable others to make my improved dish, I will refer them to the drawings and the following description.

Figure l represents a sectional and porspective view of my dish, showing the series of projections, rings, or circles A and recesses B. If the dishes are made of wood, the projected rings or circles are' formed by the `production of the recesses which are cut or turned into the bottom when the dish is being made; or if the dish or vessel is to be made of metal or other material and to be molded from a pattern the recesses and projections may be produced at the same time the dish is being cast. Other projections different from rings may be made.

Fig. 2 represents a face view of my'dish, showing the series of projections and recesses.

Having fully described my i1nprovement,I wish it to be understood that I do not claim to be the iirst in the production of projections whereby soap, meat, ice, or anything else is to be elevated out of an d kept from being saturated in liquid or fluid when said projections are a secondary fixture-that is to say, putin after the vessel has been made, (and are sometimes made fast.) This is well known to all, especially those using ice-boXes.

Therefore, what I claim as my improvement and as a new article of manufacture and trade, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A dish or vessel having its bottom constructed substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN H. MEAD.

Witnesses:

JOHN BRUCE, JOHN W. MEAD. 

